1. 11 May 2013 · 11:19 AM · 2 notes

    There Ain’t Nothing Going On Here

    Every year Portland’s Willamette Week newspaper takes a poll asking the local community to vote on their favorite new band of the past year. The term “new” is relative, but the honor is real. In this week’s show we listen to tracks from all of this year’s best new bands as well as a couple of songs from band’s that earned the title in recent years.

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    EPISODE 24: PORTLAND’S BEST NEW BANDS 5/5/13

    1. Introduction (theme song “The Birds and the Bees” by Charts)
    2. Shy Girls – Gonna Get My Name Back (Jun 6 @ Holocene - 10th Anniversary)
    3. Sun Angle – Bones Are Ruff (May 10 @ Mississippi Studios - record release)
    4. Gaytheist – Elderly Assassin (May 22 @ White Owl Social Club w/ Red Fang)
    5. The We Shared Milk – Lame Sunset (May 12 @ Goodfoot Lounge)
    6. The Woolen Men – Hazel
    7. Genders – Golden State
    8. Wooden Indian Burial Ground – Sparklerella
    9. Magic Mouth - Flounce (Live) (May 10 @ Langano Lounge + June 5 @ Holocene)
    10. Minden – New Age (May 15 @ Tebbett’s Lounge w/ New Move)
    11. Natasha Kmeto – Contranym (May 15 @ Holocene)
    12. Radiation City – Foreign Bodies (June 28th @ Wonder Ballroom)
    13. And And And – The Joy of Cooking (May 21 @ Bunk Bar w/ Sama Dams)
  2. 01 May 2013 · 03:49 PM ·
    Congratulations to the artists who made this year’s Willamette Week Best New Band list. It’s always great to see excellent work be honored. Also, huge props to everyone including bands, fans, writers, talent buyers, podcasters, venues, houses, photographers, and you for making the Portland music scene a vibrant, varied, and growing community. It’s an honor to get to work with you and I look forward to seeing more of you in the year to come. (at Rontoms)

    Congratulations to the artists who made this year’s Willamette Week Best New Band list. It’s always great to see excellent work be honored. Also, huge props to everyone including bands, fans, writers, talent buyers, podcasters, venues, houses, photographers, and you for making the Portland music scene a vibrant, varied, and growing community. It’s an honor to get to work with you and I look forward to seeing more of you in the year to come. (at Rontoms)

  3. 30 April 2013 · 05:03 PM ·
    Alhambra Theatre begins tomorrow. Mt. Tabor is getting a great new venue! (at Mt. Tabor Theater)

    Alhambra Theatre begins tomorrow. Mt. Tabor is getting a great new venue! (at Mt. Tabor Theater)

  4. 26 April 2013 · 01:23 PM · 2 notes

    There Ain’t Nothing Going On Here

    This week’s podcast features new and old songs from Portland’s folk, americana, rock, and pop scenes.

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    EPISODE 23: MY DOG ATE IT 4/21/13

    1. Introduction (theme song “The Birds and the Bees” by Charts)
    2. Fanno Creek – I Can’t Get There (Wed. May 8 @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ Pegasus Dream + DoublePlusGood + Pocketknife) 
    3. Sama Dams – Palm Sunday (Thu. May 2 @ Alhambra Theatre w/ Hustle & Drone + Pheasant + Summer Cannibals + Catherine Feeny + More) 
    4. Talkative – Get Old (Sat. Apr 27 @ Firkin Tavern w/ Just Lions + Mufassa)
    5. Great Wilderness – The Enemy
    6. Laura Gibson – Lion/Lamb
    7. Nick Jaina – Strawberry Man
    8. Ah Holly Faml’y – All Unfolding
    9. Y La Bamba – River in Drought (Sat. May 4 @ Alhambra Theatre w/ Old Light)
    10. Paper/Upper/Cuts – Glacial Palms
    11. Like a Villain – My Dog Ate It (Fri. May 10 @ Mississippi Studios w/ Sun Angle + Nice Nice)
    12. Neal Morgan – Fathers Day
    13. Minden – New Age (Wed. May 15 w/ New Move)
    14. Beisbol – Dead Beats (Record Release on Sun. Jun 30 @ Rontoms)

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  5. 20 April 2013 · 06:07 PM ·
    Thankful for places like this on days like these. (at Mississippi Records)

    Thankful for places like this on days like these. (at Mississippi Records)

  6. 13 April 2013 · 01:46 AM ·
    @sunangle at the black lodge.

    @sunangle at the black lodge.

  7. 13 April 2013 · 01:45 AM ·
    @religiousgirls #rip the black lodge.

    @religiousgirls #rip the black lodge.

    rip

  8. 07 April 2013 · 09:48 PM ·
    Week of Wonders (at Rontoms)

    Week of Wonders (at Rontoms)

  9. 07 April 2013 · 12:08 PM ·
    THERE AIN'T NOTHING GOING ON HERE

    This week I’m thrilled to put together a set of garage, psych, and surf from Portland locals and their nearby bretheren.

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    EPISODE 22: IN THE GARAGE 3/31/13

    1. Radiation City – Foreign Bodies
    2. Week Of Wonders – Wishes
    3. Bath Party – To The Moon (Record Release - Apr 19 @ Record Room, May 5 @ Rontoms) 
    4. Nucular Aminals – Nobody’s Man (Apr 11 @ The Know w/ Gallons)
    5. A Happy Death – Nazi Zombies
    6. The Shivas – Gun In My Pocket (Record Release Apr 13 @ Bunk Bar)
    7. Charts – Slow Down Tiger (Apr 7 @ Rontoms)
    8. Jollapin Jasper – Sunny Mummy
    9. Still Caves – Great Recession
    10. The Woolen Men – West Coast (Apr 20 @ Branx w/ The Thermals + Wampire)
    11. Au Dunes – Sugar Cubes (Curly Cassettes Showcase - Apr 20 @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ Old Light + Wooden Indian Burial Ground)
    12. Guantanamo Baywatch – Frizzella (BENDER 2013 - Apr 12 @ Star Theater)
    13. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFriends (Midwest Tour in June)
    14. The Hugs – Universal Sun 

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  10. 05 April 2013 · 11:13 PM ·
    Ryan from @elevenpdx. (at Aladdin Theater)

    Ryan from @elevenpdx. (at Aladdin Theater)

  11. 05 April 2013 · 10:50 PM ·
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra (at Aladdin Theater)

    Unknown Mortal Orchestra (at Aladdin Theater)

  12. 02 April 2013 · 05:08 PM · 1 note

    ARTIST INTERVENTION: Lee Corey Oswald @ Home 4/2/13

    I met Lee Ellis and Corey Ciresi of Lee Corey Oswald in 2008 or 2009 when the then duo became integrated into an up and coming musical collective that came to be known as Monarques. They parted ways with Monarques to concentrate on their own band which was evolving from a folk pop duo into what is now a four-piece rock band.

    We sat on the stoop of their band house, joined by bassist Sam Pape and talked about their sound, their origins, their new record, Treefort Music Festival, and the Portland house show scene.

    Listen to their new record now at leecoreyoswald.bandcamp.com and ask them to play party via facebook www.facebook.com/LeeCoreyOswald!

    Find a house show at pc-pdx.com!

  13. 31 March 2013 · 10:03 PM ·
    Genders rocking Rontoms on a perfect spring eve. @vern_fonk (at Rontoms)

    Genders rocking Rontoms on a perfect spring eve. @vern_fonk (at Rontoms)

  14. 31 March 2013 · 02:50 PM · 1 note

    THERE AIN’T NOTHING GOING ON HERE
    EPISODE 21: ROAD TRIPPING 3/24/13

    This week’s playlist was made last week on the road to the Treefort Music Festival in Boise with new friends Rachel Milbauer of Rip City Review, Elizabeth Elder of OPB Music, and Berg Radin of the bands And And And, Surfs Drugs, and Tender Age. In the freewheeling spirit of the road we included tracks from beyond the borders of the Rose CIty. I hope you enjoy it and I thank you for listening.

    Playlist (w/ artist links)

    1. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – How Do I Let A Good Man Down?
    2. Finn Riggins – Benchwarmers
    3. Foxygen – On Blue Mountain
    4. Built To Spill – Twin Falls
    5. The Pharmacy – Dig Your Grave
    6. Y La Bamba – Oh February
    7. Youth Lagoon – Dropla
    8. Death Songs – Let This Body Go
    9. Delicate Steve – Redeemer
    10. Sun Angle – Time Snakes (Album Release: MAY 10 @ Mississippi Studios W/ NICE NICE + Like A Villain) 
    11. Black Sabbath – Electric Funeral - Live
    12. Minden – On Assignment

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  15. 29 March 2013 · 09:30 PM ·
    paper/upper/cuts is Papi Fimbres. Papi Fimbres is a mad genius. (at Mississippi Studios)

    paper/upper/cuts is Papi Fimbres. Papi Fimbres is a mad genius. (at Mississippi Studios)